What is happening in Houston?

8th wonder is a dick realtor trying to capitalize on the world cup.

The rest are just the craft market collapsing. Outside of Saint Arnold's and a couple others.

Platypus, in my opinion, declined after their original brewer left. The beer was never spectacular, but I liked a couple of them - Red Ranga and Bobby Dazzler. She took the recipe for Red Ranga with her. Things changed during Covid and they started selling cocktails and became a bar that happened to have a brewery. They're now going to open a restaurant and serve their beers that will be brewed offsite. I haven't been there in something like four years. They did have solid fish and chips as well as really good Brussels sprouts.

True Anomaly got screwed by 45 being moved to where they are and this will affect a lot of other businesses in that area. They hinted at a relocation in that same part of town, so it's not necessarily over for them. I liked their beers in the beginning as they did a lot of cool stuff with sours but the last couple of times I went it just seemed like it was more focused on hoppier styles which aren't really my thing. .

8th Wonder has new landlords that are also realtors and want to make $$ during the World Cup by either using it for parking or renting out the space to others. It's a short-sighted plan and screws the brewery. I hope the brewery wins their suit.

That being said, the only breweries I would still make an effort to visit are Equal Parts, Saint Arnold, and Senate Avenue Brewering (several of their beers are solid, if not amazing, the food is good, and it's the closest brewery to me). Those breweries all make a wide range of beers, which I prefer vs. umpteen boozy stouts and IPAs.

When I first moved here in 2012 there were hardly any breweries other than Saint Arnold. Then, in the next few years a bunch of new breweries entered the market and it became oversaturated.